Swedish teachers participating in collegial collaboration about

OERLinda Bradley

University of GothenburgSweden

Open Education: promoting diversity for European Languages, 26-27 September, 2016, Brussels

Projektet genomförs med ekonomiskt stöd från Europeiska kommissionen. För uppgifterna i denna publikation ansvarar endast upphovsmannen. Europeiska kommissionen tar inget ansvar för hur dessa uppgifter kan komma att användas.

The online course Going Open Sweden

• 8 weeks March-May, 2015 & During summer June- August, 2015

• 39 teachers from all over Sweden

An active environment, with great teacher engagement

Built on the 5 R’s of openness

Built around 4 modules based on Wiley’s 5 R’s of openness1.Introduction 2.Retain and reuse (What is good quality in web resources, Exploring OER sites3.Redistribute (how to attribute materials, open licences) 4.Revise and remix (creating multimodal content)

–Variation in course content: Videos, articles, quizzes etc

Teacher OER from Going Open

Working with book trailers

Working with intercultural communication

Sharing OER with others

6 teachers were interviewed about their sharing habits

Frequency in postingNow and then, not on a regular basis

Reasons for postingTo fill gaps that were missing, getting appreciation, an opportunity for response, getting

more colleagues

Reasoning about why few teachers post OERLack of time, other priorities, uncertain about the quality in their own work, afraid of being

critiqued

Reflections from teachers from Going Open

• Eye-opener to the wealth of possibilities• Getting over the threshold of sharing• An eye-opener to openness